**IMPORTANT NOTE: Winners will be announced shorty, and the NINETIES quiz will take place at 7:00 Pacific Time tonight (Thursday).**

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Here are the prizes for this contest:

FIRST PLACE:

The first player to correctly answer all questions will win this incredibly awesome Panasonic portable Blu-Ray DVD Player, along with a gift card for Blu-Ray movies so you can be a movie nut anywhere you go; it even straps to the back of car headrests. Neato!

SECOND PLACE: The second player to correctly answer all questions will win a $200 Amazon.com gift card.

THIRD PLACE: Three randomly selected players who correctly answer all questions will each win a $100 Amazon.com gift card.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Answers will be hidden until winners (and answers) are revealed Thursday at noon Pacific Time. The Nineties Movie Edition Smartypants Quiz will begin at 6:00 Thursday night. To enter, just list your answers in the Comments section of this post. ***You will be able to see your OWN answers when you enter, but don’t worry—no one else can see them!***

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1. What 1982 Spielberg film sent sales of Reeses Pieces soaring?

2. In the 1985 movie Better Off Dead, John Cusak’s character falls in love with a foreign exchange student. What country was she from?

3. In Rain Man, when Tom Cruise’s character is trying desperately to catch a plane back to L.A., what is the single airline Raymond agrees to take?

4. In his parting letter to Mr. Vernon, name the titles/stereotypes Anthony Michael Hall uses to describe the five characters that comprise The Breakfast Club.

5. In The Breakfast Club, why was Ally Sheedy’s character in Saturday detention that day?

6. What is the name of the special technique The Karate Kid is about to use to deal the final blow to the blond butthead on the left?

7. Match the actions below with the 9 to 5 actress who performed them (in other words, who did or said what?) You may name either the actress or the character she played:

8. In The Terminator, what is the first thing Reese says to Sarah Connor when she’s being hunted by the Terminator in the nightclub? (Hint: this line is also the first thing Arnold Schwarznegger says to Sarah Connor in Terminator 2.)

9. What was Professor Falken’s name for the computer that goes rogue and tries to start a Global Thermonuclear War in War Games?

10. Which St. Elmo’s Fire actress was pregnant during filming? (Hint: it wasn’t Rob Lowe.)

11. In St. Elmo’s Fire, which character (or actor/actress who played the character) answers a “How are you?” with an “I’m obsessed, thank you very much.“

12. What, specifically, is Indiana Jones attempting to do in this scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark (not his overall goal in the cave, but this specific action)?

13. When the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man exploded in Ghostbusters, what substance was used to simulate the marshmallow goo that landed everywhere?

14. In Sixteen Candles, what word does Long Duk Dong mistakenly use to describe Grandpa’s hernia?

15. In Sixteen Candles, what actress played the girl with the back brace who struggles at the water fountain?

16. What character (or actor/actress) in An Officer and a Gentleman screams the following line:

Diana On Wednesday, January 6 at 8:36 pm

1. ET
2. France
3. Qantas
4. the brain, the athlete, the princess, the basket case, the criminal
5. she had nothing better to do
6. the crane
7. Lily Tomlin – poison in coffee
Jane Fonda – called him the name
Dolly Parton – hog tied him

2. In the 1985 movie Better Off Dead, John Cusak’s character falls in love with a foreign exchange student. What country was she from?
France – her name was Monique!

3. In Rain Man, when Tom Cruise’s character is trying desperately to catch a plane back to L.A., what is the single airline Raymond agrees to take?

Qantas

4. In his parting letter to Mr. Vernon, name the titles/stereotypes Anthony Michael Hall uses to describe the five characters that comprise The Breakfast Club.

jock, a geek, a freak, a princess, and a metalhead loser

5. In The Breakfast Club, why was Ally Sheedy’s character in Saturday detention that day?

she had nothing better to do

6. What is the name of the special technique The Karate Kid is about to use to deal the final blow to the blond butthead on the left?
crane technique
7. Match the actions below with the 9 to 5 actress who performed them (in other words, who did or said what?) You may name either the actress or the character she played:

8. In The Terminator, what is the first thing Reese says to Sarah Connor when she’s being hunted by the Terminator in the nightclub? (Hint: this line is also the first thing Arnold Schwarznegger says to Sarah Connor in Terminator 2.)

I need a vacation

9. What was Professor Falken’s name for the computer that goes rogue and tries to start a Global Thermonuclear War in War Games?
Joshua
10. Which St. Elmo’s Fire actress was pregnant during filming? (Hint: it wasn’t Rob Lowe.)
Mare Winningham

11. In St. Elmo’s Fire, which character (or actor/actress who played the character) answers a “How are you?” with an “I’m obsessed, thank you very much.“

Kirby

12. What, specifically, is Indiana Jones attempting to do in this scene inRaiders of the Lost Ark (not his overall goal in the cave, but this specific action)?
replace that thing with an equally weighted thing in his bag

13. When the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man exploded in Ghostbusters, what substance was used to simulate the marshmallow goo that landed everywhere?
marshmallow fluff???

14. In Sixteen Candles, what word does Long Duk Dong mistakenly use to describe Grandpa’s hernia?
hyena
15. In Sixteen Candles, what actress played the girl with the back brace who struggles at the water fountain?

Joan Cusack

16. What character (or actor/actress) in An Officer and a Gentlemanscreams the following line:
“I GOT NOWHERE ELSE TO GO!…I GOT NOWHERE ELSE TO GO!…I ain’t got nothin’ else…I ain’t got nothin’ else…”

Richard Gere?

17. What is the name of the resort where Baby’s family is visiting in Dirty Dancing?
KELLERMAN’S!!

18. What actor played Rocky’s nemesis in Rocky III?

carl weathers

19. What were the names of Tom Cruise and Anthony Edwards’ characters in Top Gun?

8. In The Terminator, what is the first thing Reese says to Sarah Connor when she’s being hunted by the Terminator in the nightclub? (Hint: this line is also the first thing Arnold Schwarznegger says to Sarah Connor in Terminator 2.)

Come with me if you want to live.

9. What was Professor Falken’s name for the computer that goes rogue and tries to start a Global Thermonuclear War in War Games?

Wopr

10. Which St. Elmo’s Fire actress was pregnant during filming? (Hint: it wasn’t Rob Lowe.)

Mare Winningham

11. In St. Elmo’s Fire, which character (or actor/actress who played the character) answers a “How are you?” with an “I’m obsessed, thank you very much.“

Kirby

12. What, specifically, is Indiana Jones attempting to do in this scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark (not his overall goal in the cave, but this specific action)?

Trying to replace the head with an equal amount of sand so the arrows don’t shoot off.

13. When the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man exploded in Ghostbusters, what substance was used to simulate the marshmallow goo that landed everywhere?

Shaving cream

14. In Sixteen Candles, what word does Long Duk Dong mistakenly use to describe Grandpa’s hernia?

Hyena

15. In Sixteen Candles, what actress played the girl with the back brace who struggles at the water fountain?

8. In The Terminator, what is the first thing Reese says to Sarah Connor when she’s being hunted by the Terminator in the nightclub? (Hint: this line is also the first thing Arnold Schwarznegger says to Sarah Connor in Terminator 2.)

Come with me if you want to live

9. What was Professor Falken’s name for the computer that goes rogue and tries to start a Global Thermonuclear War in War Games?
WOPR pronounced whopper

10. Which St. Elmo’s Fire actress was pregnant during filming? (Hint: it wasn’t Rob Lowe.)

Mare Winningham

11. In St. Elmo’s Fire, which character (or actor/actress who played the character) answers a “How are you?” with an “I’m obsessed, thank you very much.“
Kirby

12. What, specifically, is Indiana Jones attempting to do in this scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark (not his overall goal in the cave, but this specific action)?

trying to switch the bag out for the thing in the middle to keep the weight the same

13. When the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man exploded in Ghostbusters, what substance was used to simulate the marshmallow goo that landed everywhere?

shaving cream

14. In Sixteen Candles, what word does Long Duk Dong mistakenly use to describe Grandpa’s hernia?

hyena

15. In Sixteen Candles, what actress played the girl with the back brace who struggles at the water fountain?

Joan Cusack

16. What character (or actor/actress) in An Officer and a Gentleman screams the following line:

2. In the 1985 movie Better Off Dead, John Cusak’s character falls in love with a foreign exchange student. What country was she from?
France

3. In Rain Man, when Tom Cruise’s character is trying desperately to catch a plane back to L.A., what is the single airline Raymond agrees to take?

Quantas

4. In his parting letter to Mr. Vernon, name the titles/stereotypes Anthony Michael Hall uses to describe the five characters that comprise The Breakfast Club.
Athlete
Basket Case
Princess
Criminal
Brain

5. In The Breakfast Club, why was Ally Sheedy’s character in Saturday detention that day?
she had nothing better to do

6. What is the name of the special technique The Karate Kid is about to use to deal the final blow to the blond butthead on the left?
‘Crane’ or Leaping Crane move

7. Match the actions below with the 9 to 5 actress who performed them (in other words, who did or said what?) You may name either the actress or the character she played:

8. In The Terminator, what is the first thing Reese says to Sarah Connor when she’s being hunted by the Terminator in the nightclub? (Hint: this line is also the first thing Arnold Schwarznegger says to Sarah Connor in Terminator 2.)

Come withe me if you want to live.

9. What was Professor Falken’s name for the computer that goes rogue and tries to start a Global Thermonuclear War in War Games?

WOPR (pronounced Whopper)

10. Which St. Elmo’s Fire actress was pregnant during filming? (Hint: it wasn’t Rob Lowe.)

Mare Winningham

11. In St. Elmo’s Fire, which character (or actor/actress who played the character) answers a “How are you?” with an “I’m obsessed, thank you very much.“

Kirby

12. What, specifically, is Indiana Jones attempting to do in this scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark (not his overall goal in the cave, but this specific action)?
switching the bag for the idol because it weighed the same

13. When the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man exploded in Ghostbusters, what substance was used to simulate the marshmallow goo that landed everywhere?

Shaving cream

14. In Sixteen Candles, what word does Long Duk Dong mistakenly use to describe Grandpa’s hernia?

hyena

15. In Sixteen Candles, what actress played the girl with the back brace who struggles at the water fountain?